Welcome back to Grandmothers on the Move! I'm your host, Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, and today, I am honoured to speak with Joanne Dallaire. Joanne tells us “Being in my truth is vitally important to me in order to work with other people in their truth – no matter how vastly different it is”. And the truths …
Grandmothers on the Move! Indeed! Today, a totally different conversation – Lustre – a website, and a burgeoning community – for women who are finding their footing in a new chapter, and getting out of the “retirement box”! Lustre’s founders, Karen and Erica, are talking about it: “And then one day, bam! There it was. …
Grandmothers on the Move Episode 33 brings you Lara Seixo Rodrigues, founder of Lata 65 – also known to many of us as the Graffiti Grannies! An amazingly creative, inspiring, transformative programme. "Get a can and go to the streets" is Lara's exhortation to Grandmothers everywhere! Are there even words for how much we love …
Grandmothers on the Move Episode 34 – Mary Pipher, Author of Reviving Ophelia and her newest book Women Rowing North – Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing as We Age. A profound and transformative book…I was enlightened, deeply moved and couldn't put it down. It's one of those books you want everyone you love to read …
Grandmothers on the Move Episode 35 – What If All Women Who Were Survivors Had This? Dr. Lesley Ann Foster is a passionate, tireless activist and grandmother – the founder and Director of Masimanyane Women's Rights International – an international advocacy and empowerment organisation working with local, national and global partners to strengthen women's rights, …
Grandmothers on the Move Podcast, Episode 36: The Pasta Grannies – A Delicious Living History! The delightful Vicky Bennison – a grandmother herself – finds and films Italian grandmothers who still make pasta by hand (a disappearing tradition)! Food and family and the fantastic older women who bring it all together! A delicious interview to …
Grandmothers on the Move Podcast Episode 37: Grandma, Did You Save Any Dolphins Today? Barbara Napoles – moved from the agony of the loss of her daughter to passionate advocacy to save dolphins and fight their captivity. She cares deeply about our oceans, the life in them, and how it affects the planet. Her message …
Grandmothers on the Move Podcast Episode 38: BRINGING SPIDERWOMAN TO LIFE! A remarkable story and a remarkable grandmother – Gloria Miguel founded the world-celebrated Spiderwoman Theatre with her sisters in 1975, and has spent life creating and performing. From joining her family in the colonial 'Native side shows" next to the "freak shows" in the …
WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN! Grandmothers on the Move Podcast #39 brings to you the important work of THE ANGRY TIAS AND ABUELAS. Joyce and Madeleine, two of the dynamic abuelas, are thoughtful, passionate, and not reticent about saying they're incensed by what is happening to asylum-seekers, families and children as they cross the border …
Grandmothers on the Move, Episode 40: Senior Ladies Living Together – It Just Makes Sense! Hear Pat Dunn talk about the housing crisis for older women and grandmothers, and how precarious housing can be dire and tremendously stressful. Pat found herself in a housing predicament, and decided to do something about it! Her search for …